Unlocking Wisdom: Forming Agents of God in the House of Mourning (A canonical-linguistic exposition of the Books of Job and Ecclesiastes) by James Reitman

by Jim Reitman

Written for serious Bible students-pastors, Sunday School teachers, seminary students, missionaries, counselors, spiritual directors, and other "agents of the Creator"-this innovative commentary was conceived to identify "the author's intended meaning as expressed in the biblical text." Combining a transparent hermeneutical methodology with a "canonical-linguistic" theological reading of these two books of Old Testament Wisdom, Jim Reitman explores much of the territory left uncharted by available verse-by-verse exegetical treatments.Dr. Reitman introduces and concludes the commentary with transparent first person accounts of his own trials, disillusionment, and experience in medical ethics and military medicine that will help the reader appreciate how acutely relevant these two books are to the lives of 21st Century Christians. The prominent themes-self-sufficiency, adversity, disillusionment, the call to brokenness, mourning, the "fear of God," and accepting our portion from God as chosen agents of his purposes-all readily transfer to our contemporary context.About the James S. Reitman is Adjunct Professor in Spiritual Formation and Teaching Assistant in hermeneutics at Denver Seminary

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First published February 6, 2008

About the author

Jim Reitman (MD, Washington University; M.A. Dallas Theological Seminary) is a retired Air Force physician and teaching pastor in Colorado Springs.